Category: Humanity

I had good intentions to write something nice and interesting but try as I might I couldn’t stop thinking about figuratively losing my hair today as I engaged in what I thought were well intended discussions on my timeline. Twitter is a dumping ground for information, fun facts, thoughts and ideas. It is not limited…

For as long as we can remember, we’ve been saving elephants and rhinos. Then almost a decade ago, lions numbers were dwindling at an alarming rate from being poisoned by the Maasai for killing their livestock – and we had to save them too. Now we have about 20,000 lions left in the wild. In…

I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to find myself. I think its these manenos of growing up in India. But I’m not complaining. I feel so proud. The blood that runs in my veins is calling out today. A.F.R.I.C.A. My blood is red, my mind is alert and my heart belongs right…

I strongly believe that a person’s roots are a very important factor in establishing one’s individuality. Where did they come from? What name was passed down to them and why? Why do they love chicken? Why are they so proud to be associated with certain things…? There are so many questions. You can never answer…

For a good chunk of my life, I have been avoiding French like the plague. What kind of good Christian girl would I be if my tongue let slip in moments of heated exasperation? By French in this case, I mean expletives. Maybe I should use a small f so as not to be rude….

The Hague Trial has taken so long. After such a positive start, after all the hearts that were beating to the same drum, the euphoria dried up and the message got lost in smoke. It was all about the deaths right? The killing of what we loosely term as brothers and sisters. What was it,…

There’s lots of bad news on television. Horrendous things happening in different parts of the country, almost like clockwork. An eight-year-old child is raped, knows her attacker, but no action is taken because she is poor. GSU officers demand bribes on other people’s property because they have the power to arm-twist their way out of…

It’s been just over two hours since I arrived in Ibiza and I have stopped trying to introduce myself to people. My reasons are valid. Like… Since about 7am today I’ve been kicking it with Niek from Heineken, spoken in sign language, shared “My Talking Tom” with a non-English speaking Spaniard on the plane… Then…

Starting today, do not call me Laura, or Lau or Walubesh or any other strange rendition of my name. Please, just for a week, call me Lauriza. I ask nicely. Here’s why… Before last week, Ibiza was an exotic beach resort that one could only dream of going to. But now, it is the next…